A manufacturing process using vacuum-assisted resin infusion molding was used to produce glass fiber-reinforced laminates with the epoxy matrix and with the 0.5 weight % NH2 functionalized-MWCNT based epoxy matrix. Images obtained from the TEM and SEM indicates that MWCNTs are well dispersed into the epoxy matrix. Microstructures observations of the composites from SEM show the better interaction between CNTs and epoxy. The mechanical and thermo-mechanical behavior of the glass fiber-epoxy system and glass fiber-CNT/epoxy system was characterized through flexural test and Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). © 2017 Taylor &amp; Francis Group, LLC.

SK Ariful Rahaman

Department of Manufacturing Engineering

School of Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Campus

Mohammed Imran M.

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Epoxy-carbon nanotubes as matrix in glass fiber reinforced laminated composites

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures

The processing of hollow glass microsphere (HGM) based composites is one of the growing areas in materials research due to the potential of significantly changing material properties even at low HGM concentrations. HGM-epoxy composites are prepared by sonication method. Four weight ratio configurations are considered (1, 3, 5 wt% HGM and 5 wt% NH2 functionalized HGM) and compared with neat epoxy to study the micro-enrichment effect. The influence of low volume HGM and functionalized HGM reinforcement on epoxy in the compressive and thermo-mechanical behavior of the composites were characterized by thermo-gravimetric analysis, dynamic mechanical analysis, and compression testing. The compressive strength of HP5% sample decreased in 101%, as compared with that of EP sample, whereas, storage modulus of HP5% and f-HP5% sample is increased by 27.7 and 32.5%, as compared with the EP sample, but did not significantly affected the thermal stability of the obtained composites. Scanning electron microscope images of the fractured samples had shown a good dispersion and interaction of the HGM in the matrix. By introducing HGM content, there was a remarkable difference in the surface morphology of the fractured surface of epoxy. POLYM. COMPOS., 40:3493–3499, 2019. © 2019 Society of Plastics Engineers. © 2019 Society of Plastics Engineers

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Effect of low concentration hollow glass microspheres on mechanical and thermomechanical properties of epoxy composites

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Synergetic effect of LDH and glass fiber on the properties of two- and three-component epoxy composites

Journal	Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
ISSN	1536-383X
Open Access	0